Animal-trap.



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ANIMAL TBP..

(Application tiled iran. 6. 1900.)

Patented Feb. I2, 190|.v

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Pamnted Feb; i2, |901. C. C. BWEN.

ANIMAL TRAP.

(Application led Jan. 6, AlfllfJ.)

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CALVIN C. BOIVEN, OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CYCLONE TRAP COMPANY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

ANlIi/lALm-TRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,084, dated February 12, 1901.

Application filed January 6, 1900. Serial No. 599. (No model.)

.To lf/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN C. BOWEN, a citizen of the United States, with residence and post-oftice address at Santa Monica, in the county of Ilos Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this speci- Iication.

My invention relates to that form of traps in which the animal is killed outright when the trap is set oft' and the trap is automatically reset ready for further action; and it consists in features of novelty described and claimed.

Figure Iisa rear view of my improved trap. Fig. II is a side elevation. Fig. III is a side elevation showing the opposite side from Fig.

II. Fig. IV is a section taken on line IV IV, Fig. III. Fig. Visa perspective view. Fig.

VI is a section taken on line VI VI, Fig. V.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a base-block Vfor supporting the various parts of the trap, and 2 3 are vertical standards secured at a 5 to the sides of the base-block.

(i represents an actuating-spring coiled upon the sleeve 7, one end of said sleeve being secured at 8 by pin 9 to a crank 10, said crank l being journaled at 11 to the standard 3. One end of the coil-spring 6 is secured to the piu 9 at 12. Thus as the crank 11.() is rotatedin aforward direction the spring is contracted upon the sleeve 7, the opposite end of said spring being secured at 13 to a striker-rod le, said striker-rod being journaled at 15 to the standard 2 and having a return-bend l6,which forms a bearing for one end of the sleeve7 and on which the sleeve revolves as the spring is Wound up.

17 represents the striker proper, which is formed of a portion of the striker-rod and bent into corrugated form, said striker extending transversely of the base-block and in its sweep covers practically all the space between the standards 2 3.

1S represents a pendent gravity-lever pivoted to the standard 2 at 19 and is provided near its upper end with shoulders 20 2l.

22 represents a crank-arm on the end of the striker-rod I4, said arm coming in contact with the shoulder 20 and arresting the revolution of the striker, where it remains until the trap is set off.

23 represents a table secured at 24 to a transverselyextending rod 25, said rod being journaled at 26 to the standards 2 27 represents a trigger on one end of the rod 25, the end of said trigger normally engaging a shoulder 2S ou the lower end o't the lever 18.

29 represents a semicircular recess at the lower end of the lever 18, immediately above the shoulder 28.

As the animal steps upon the table 23 the table is depressed. Acting` upon the rod it raises the outer end of the trigger 27 oli' ofthe shoulder 28, at which time the pressure of the arm 22 upon the shoulder on the upper end of the lever will cause the lever to rock as shownl in dotted lines, Fig. III, thus releasing the arm 22 and permitting it and the striker to perform one revolution. Therecess 29 at the bottom of the lever gives space to the action of the trigger 2S Without arresting the rocking movement of said lever. As the striker 17 revolves it comes in contact with a strikerblock 30, said striker-block being pivoted at 31 to the standards 2 3, the impact of the striker against the animal and the resistance ofthe block 'killing the animal outright, the pressure of the striker-rod causing the block to rook backward in the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. III, the outward movement of the striking-block being limited by a rod 32, having one of its ends secured to the striking-block at 33 and having a hook 34 on its opposite end which comes in contact with the rod 25 and arrests the outward swing of said block, said block returning to its normal vertical position after the striker has passed out of engagement therewith by means of a spring-coil in the rod 32. At'- ter the weight is removed from the table 23 by the animal being swept to one side by the striker the table 23 is returned to its normally-raised position by means of a coilspring 35, having an arm 36 extending beneath said table.

37 represents a basin in the base-block 1 for the reception of bait, and 38 a bar placed IOO across said basin to prevent the too-ready Withdrawal of the bait.

39 represents a boss pressed from the standard 3 for preventing the backward movement of the crank l0, and 4:0 represents a boss on I the standard 2 for limiting the forward movement of the upper end of the lever 18.

I claim as my inventionl. In an animal-trap the combination of a base, standards secured to the base, foot extensions on the standards, a striker-block pivoted to the foot extensions, a revoluble striker journaled to the standards, atrigger-rod pivoted to the standards and a spring-rod for connecting the trigger-rod with the striker-block, substantially as set forth.

2. In an animal-t rap the combination of a suitable base, standards secured to the base, a revolving striker, a rod having a returnbend, a sleeve having one of its ends journaled to the return-bend, a crank to which the opposite end of the sleeve is secured, an actuating-spring coiled on said sleeve, an arm on the striker-rod, a lever with which the arm engages and 4a trigger for releasing and holding said lever, substantially as set forth.

3. In an animal-trap the combination of a suitable base, standards secured to the base, a striker-rod journaled to one of said standards, a return-bend in the striker-rod, a sleeve fitting over said return-bend, a crank to which the sleeve is connected, an actuating-spring on the sleeve, a pin passing through the sleeve and to which one end of the sleeve is attached, the opposite end of the actuating-spring being connected with the striker-rod, substan-4 tially as set forth.

4. In an animal-trap the combination of a suitable base, vertical standards secured to the base, a revolving striker, a lever pivoted to one ol' said standards, means in connec- .tion With the striker for Vengaging the lever, a trigger-rod, a trigger on the rod for engaging the lever, a shoulder on the upper end of vbend supporting the other end ofthe sleeve,

and with a crank-armvjournaled in the other standard, an actuating-spring coiled u pon the sleeve having one end secured to the pin and the other end connected with the striker, a spring-table, a rod having a trigger located beneath the crank-arm of the striker, and a gravity-lever with which the cranlvarm of the striker and the trigger of the table-rod are normally engaged.

CALVIN C. BOWEN.

Witnesses:

J As. E. KNIGHT, J. A. RoELoFsz. 

